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Henry Dundas: Harry the Ninth

Esmond Wright | Published in History Today Volume 8 Issue 3 March 1958

A manager of men and a master of contemporary politics, writes Esmond Wright, Dundas was Pitt's energetic colleague “during the most critical years in Britis

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin at Harvard College Observatory, 1920s. Science History Images/Alamy Stock Photo.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars

Patricia Fara | Published in History Today Volume 74 Issue 5 May 2024

What are stars made of?

Publicity still for The Secret of the Loch, 1934. Courtesy of the BFI National Archive/STUDIOCANAL.

Catching Nessie on Film

Corrina Readioff | Published in History Today Volume 74 Issue 5 May 2024

The Loch Ness Monster’s first appearance on film captured both the hype and the scepticism surrounding cinema’s newest star.